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Boss Billy Davies watched the action unfold from the stands, as he sat out the first of his five-match touchline ban.

But Kelly felt that there were positives to take from Forest’s performance.

“I thought the players were terrific, they gave us absolutely everything, apart from the goal I thought we deserved,” he said.

“I thought the performance gave us a lift. We are disappointed that we did not get something out of the game. Absolutely we deserved more, yes. We deserved a point, if not all three.

“We kept trying to get the ball into the box; to get opportunities on goal. You need a little bit of fortune, sometimes, particularly when it is a little bit of a bobbly pitch. Matt Derbyshire had a snap shot which, on any other day, might have nipped into a corner – but went straight at the keeper.

“We can’t criticise the players at all. The gaffer worked on things before the game, on Thursday and Friday, with a view to the specifics of the match. We did everything but score a goal.”

Kelly did concede that there was plenty of quality about the game’s winning goal, however, which saw Jennings cut in from the left side before beating Karl Darlow at his near post with a powerful shot from outside the box.

“It was a good strike, he smashed it in from 30 yards,” said Kelly. “We were disappointed to give it away though, because we had spoken about the boy coming in off the left side and shooting with his right foot.

15 comments

NK- You are the "Oil Rag" , not the" Engine Driver."
Know you place, and if 3k away fans boo the team off the field, then 3k fans didn't like what they saw.!
Free buses tonight for the loyal away fans who deserve better than the tripe dished up in the last
5 games.
Oh -And by the way- Are you planning for next season, cus it won't be down the CG.!
Billys P45 being prepared already- What a numpty.!
"My Legal Team"-Is he having a " giraffe".!

Effectively what Kelly has said is that although they had a game plan it failed Billy and Kelly worked on specifics and we still lost. Time for a rethink then hey Billy/Ned
oo7red give the Djebbour rants a rest it's getting boring the lad was not involved yesterday and still you bring him into the debate. According to you we should have signed Wickham on loan but what has he done at Leeds so far? and I would guess he's had more time on he pitch with Leeds than Djebbour has had with Forest.
*** stop griping you tool

Ned Kelly is saying it like it was. 007, Why don't you just say it like you feel. ie. I don't care if we win the Champions League three years running. Davies is still a rubbish manager! And as for your comments regarding Miller, who has scored SEVEN goals all season, you think we should 'do a Hull' and renege on a deal? I don't think we should, and I would say Fawaz certainly wouldn't. As for your daily rubbish about Davies, just who would you replace him with, and what manager played better football than Billy's teams in your 'ten years a season ticket holder'? Minder, a fair post. Have a look at the previous seasons under Billy or any manager I can remember in my lifetime, and we have not had these injuries problems. In my opinion, we could just about compete as a top six team with Andy Reid, but when he got injured, I just thought to myself, 'that's one injury too far'. And I doubt we will pick up many points until he's back. My view is we wont get much at Boro, and I will be happy with a point, but we then have three easy games, and hopefully Andy and Kelvin will be back for them. As for Ned's comments, if 007 was at the game like he claims, he would have seen all the lads putting in 100%, and not getting the reward they deserved. And another player that 007 likes to decry was exceptional. Abdoun was a menace to the Barnsley defence all game. He is getting better by the game, and looks full of confidence.